Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-28
PACIFIC COAST.
HEROIC STRUGGLE TO RESCUE
THE COMSTOCK MINERS.
Jail Delivery in Idaho-Not Pete
Olsen-Another Indian Scare
Town Burned.
ESPECIAL prsrArcHEs TO rHz RECORD usuos.l
TIE VIRGINIA DISASTER.
Efforts to Reach The Imprisoned Miners
A Wife's Hone


lCoplgat, 1887, by cse CALIFORNIA Associated Pcssi
VIRGINIA (Nev) June 27th-There is
nothing new from the six imprisoned
miners in the Gould Il Curry. Superin-
tendent Patton is afraid he will not make
the connection before morning. There is
no smoke or gas coming out of the shaft
Lanterns have been lowered fifty feet below
the 1200-foot level this morning ard re-
turned burning.
Mrs. Dougherty, wife of Charles Dough-
erty, one of the imprisoned miners, will
not believe her husband is dead but re-
mains in the cabin near the Curry with
beef tea, fannels and other things to assist
in restoring life when her husband is
brought to the surface.
Mrs. Jeffrey, the gray-haired mother of
one of the unfortunate miners, is equally
convinced that her son is alive.
The Relief Committee has been fully
organized here, and is receiving subscrip-
tons in the city. Moneys are also being
telegraphed from towns in the State and San
Francisco. Ali subscriptions should be
sent to ]. c. Hampton, who has been ap-
pointed Treasurer. The Pacific Stock Ex-
change has telegraphed $3.50 already to the
Treasurer for the relief, which gives them
good start.
VIRGINIA, June 27th.-P. M.-The excite
ment over the fatal fire in the Gould &
Curry mine has somewhat abated but the
probable fate of the men imprisoned on the
1900 level-to accomplish whose rescue
every effort is being made by the manage
ment of the Consolidated California and
Virginia, Best and Belcher and Gould &,
Curry, aided by the Superintendents of
every mine along the Comstock lode
forms the sole topic of discussion 4 ma
jority OF miners have given up all hope
that the imprisoned men are still alive,
while minority argue that there is G
chance for them to survive, provided the
air forced into the compressor pipe reaches
them. No effort or expense will be spared
10 reach the imprisoned victims at the
earliest possible moment.
The progress SO far made in driving
through wall of adamantine rock exceeds
anything heretofore recorded in the annals
of modern mining. Before tomorrow
morning the fate of the men will
be known. The report from the last blast
fired gave signs that they were close to the
connection, the report having sounded
away from them, another blast will be
fired by nine o'clock, when it is thoug bit
the connection will be broken and if the
men are alive food and water will be passed
in to them.
1t is now stated that the air sent in is
taken from the compressor as if the men
were inhaling it. II the air-pipe is not
broken gas could not remain in the drift
with such stream of fresh air being forced
into the face of it under such tremendous
pressure.
The excitement here is increasing since
the news spread Of the near approach to
the miners, and dense crowds are gathering
ia the streets and around the Consolidated
Virginia mine to hear any news which
might be brought to the surface.